Determinants of prognosis and response to therapy in colorectal cancer

Current Oncology Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 102-108

  Iqbal, Syma ^a   Lenz, Heinz Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Proc ASCO; Thymidine Phosphorylase; Thymidine Phosphorylase Expression; Thymidine Phosphorylase Gene Expression; UGT1A1 Promoter

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE; CAMPTOTHECIN; DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUOROURACIL; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHENOL GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; PLATINUM COMPLEX; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TUMOR MARKER;

BIOSYNTHESIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CAMPTOTHECIN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIHYDROURACIL DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); FLUOROURACIL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; ORGANOPLATINUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035289301     PISSN: 15233790     EISSN: 15346269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-001-0008-5     Document Type: Article

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